[pasmembers] Re: Fw: Scope Rentals?
- From: Terri <starstuff@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: PAS Members ListServ <pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 11:41:07 -0700
Eric,
if you want to lend her your scope, you can. I'm ok with that. Terry Dancer
also offered.
Remember, it was for a weekend, so i'm assuming she would want it for
Friday and Saturday nights. And the amount to charge, would be up to you.
And how you set that up is also up to you. If you want to use a booking
doc, so you have liability insurance, then donate 10% of what you bring in
to PAS for the insurance.
I'm good with those ideas. And i'm even better with the idea that Eric
wants to be there while she is using the scope. So, you really need to
figure out how you want to do this.
Leah, go ahead and hook up Eric and Terry with the gal, and let them take
over from there. They can decide. And then, who ever does this event, write
a brief review of how it was. You don't have to mention you lend your
scope, as that isn't something we want to advertise.
Thank you both, Eric and Terry for offering.
And Alex, it is a great idea, but I don't' think the scopes are ready to be
borrowed. And yes, for $25 to join the club, a member can borrow a scope,
and the plan is to lend it out for a week or a month, what ever it is
agreed up on, so long as the scope comes back undamaged and if something is
damaged, there is a fee collected, or the damaged item can be replaced by
the borrower.
I do plan to get that option figured out this school year. Already we are
so booked with stuff, i have to find a weekend to go over to Bruce's and
make the rental form and figure out the agreement to go with it, and then
we can advertise that PAS members can do this.
Everyone have a super day
Terri
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Eric Steinberg <eric@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Terri – did you not see my earlier email to the list? I also wrote to
> Leah early this morning that I can do it and would let her use the 16” as
> long as I am nearby. If you want us to charge, let’s figure out what…
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> *From:* pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> pasmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Terri
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 02, 2014 10:37 AM
> *To:* PAS Members ListServ
> *Subject:* [pasmembers] Re: Fw: Scope Rentals?
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> Leah (input to your question, not aimed at you, but in response to your
> question and written for the group to read),
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> When we (a couple of the members and myself) did research to find out if
> anyone in the Phoenix area, or the USA rented scopes to people, we found
> that only one place back east did scope rentals to people not in their club.
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> PAS has scopes to borrow, but you have to be a PAS Member to do so, and
> right now, they may not be ready to borrow, as Bruce is still doing repairs
> on some of them. Soon as they are ready, members can borrow the scopes, or
> sets of eyepieces at no cost.
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> However, the idea to go out and do a star party with this gal, is ok, but
> if it is a private showing, meaning her and the scope person, that has a
> fee attached. No freebees. And for that, she should go through me to set it
> up.
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> The other idea is to have her attend, for free, any public event we have
> coming up around the date she is in town.
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> If anyone in the club wants to lend out their scope, still go through me,
> because the booking doc is your agreement with Judy, that she will pay you
> for the use of your scope. Plus, that way there is insurance (liability)
> just in case. It doesn't replace your scope, though, so if you lend out
> your scope, even with pay involved, you have to put up with someone who
> might break something on the scope and PAS insurance doesn't cover that.
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> Personally, no one touches my scope. But, i'd be willing to rent myself
> out, with a scope, to take her on a night tour, for $$$. As would a few of
> you.
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> Leah, you can share the above ideas with Judy. And if she wants to borrow
> someone to give her a night sky tour, have her contact me to set it up. : )
> I won't be the one doing it, probably Eric or someone else with a larger
> scope, so she really gets her money worth. But I will need a booking doc
> from her. And the fee, if you want to let her know is $150 for 2 hours.
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> I read above that she wants to go camping with your scope, should you lend
> her a scope. That worries me. So much can happen with camping and that
> could mean leaving the scope out over night at the location and not
> covering it in the daytime, etc... there are all sorts of factors that "I"
> will not lend my scope for.
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> Just my thoughts on this. And some of us do not have insurance on our
> equipment, should something happen to it. I'd be sure it is insured,
> because if you don't have your equipment, you can't do events for / with
> PAS until you can afford to replace it.
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> Have a super day, Leah, and everyone reading this!
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> Terri
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> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:39 PM, LPhxAZ <lphxaz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> does anyone have any suggestions for Judy? (see message below)
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> I don't know if there are any scopes for rent, but maybe someone would
> like to go out observing with her, and bring a scope.
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> *From:* Judy Wokoun <judyamwokoun@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> *To:* Astronomy-Questions@xxxxxxxxx
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 01, 2014 6:19 PM
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> *Subject:* Scope Rentals?
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> Good evening.
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> I'm a part of the Seattle Astronomical Society in Seattle, WA and I have
> a trip to Phoenix planned around the new moon in April. I don't trust the
> airlines at all to handle my scope so I was wondering if there are any
> places in the area, or possibly even your organization, that rent out
> scopes for a few days? I plan on camping for a few of the days that I'm
> there to do some general observing and would love to have a scope as
> opposed to just binoculars.
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> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thank you!
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> Judy
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